Episode – 0590 : More Than You Ever Really Wanted to Know About Sewers Podcast Transcript Sometimes the most important things are things we don’t even want to think about […]
Episode – 0563 : Dresden Green Vault Burglary
Episode – 0563 : Dresden Green Vault Burglary Podcast transcript In the early morning of November 29, 2019, a team of thieves broke into the Green Vault Museum in Dresden, […]
Episode – 0548 : Did Vermeer Use A Camera Obscura?
Episode – 0548 : Did Vermeer Use A Camera Obscura? Podcast Transcript Johannes Vermeer was one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Unlike many of his contemporary […]
Episode – 0511 : The Sistine Chapel
Episode – 0511 : The Sistine Chapel Podcast Transcript Located in Vatican City, just off St. Peter’s Square lies one of the plainest and most uninteresting buildings you might ever […]
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum
Episode – 0477 : The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum Podcast Transcript Located in the heart of Paris, along the banks of the River Seine, lies the Louvre. It has […]
Episode – 0422 : The Elgin Marbles
Episode – 0422 : The Elgin Marbles Podcast Transcript Beginning in 1801, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the Earl of Elgin, began a project to document the sculptures […]
Episode – 0401 : Salvator Mundi
Episode – 0401 : Salvator Mundi Podcast Transcript In 2005, a small auction house in New Orleans sold a painting at auction labeled at Lot 664. The description of the […]
Episode – 0334 : Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Episode – 0334 : Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Transcript On May 7th, 1824, in Vienna, Austria, the musical world changed forever. The assembled crowd in the Kärntnertor Theater heard one of […]
Episode – 0320 : Really Expensive Musical Instruments
Episode – 0320 : Really Expensive Musical Instruments Transcript For a professional musician, their instrument is their livelihood. If making music is your career, it isn’t surprising that many top […]
Episode – 0317 : Citizen Kane: The Greatest Movie Ever Made?
Episode – 0317 : Citizen Kane: The Greatest Movie Ever Made? Transcript In 1941, a young artistic prodigy released his first motion picture. It had enormous anticipation, received incredible reviews, […]
Episode – 0314 : The British Crown Jewels
Episode – 0314 : The British Crown Jewels Transcript Located in the Tower of London are a collection of objects, some of which date back 800 years, which are the […]
Episode – 0303 : The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Episode – 0303 : The Leaning Tower of Pisa Transcript In 1173, the Italian city of Pisa was on top of the world. They were a significant commercial power in […]
Episode – 0294 : Salvador Dali
Episode – 0294 : Salvador Dali Transcript He was a painter, a writer, sculptor, photographer, and one of the most significant avant-garde artists of the 20th century. He was also […]
Episode – 0292 : Hanns Scharff: Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe
Episode – 0292 : Hanns Scharff: Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe Transcript If I were to say “prisoner of war interrogator” something rather menacing probably comes to mind.If I were […]
Episode – 0281 : Ancient Colors
Episode – 0281 : Ancient Colors Transcript When people from prehistory created the first works of art on the walls of caves, they used the colors that they found around […]
Episode – 0273 : Al Andalus
Episode – 0273 : Al Andalus Transcript If you think of Spain, you probably think of a predominantly catholic country with major cathedrals and churches in every village. However, most […]
Episode – 0261 : Did Shakespeare Write the Works of Shakespeare?
Episode – 0261 : Did Shakespeare Write the Works of Shakespeare? Transcript William Shakespeare is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of […]
Episode – 0246 : The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
Episode – 0246 : The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Transcript In the early hour of March 18, 1990, two police officers enter Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The problem […]
Episode – 0235 : Cathedrals
Episode – 0235 : Cathedrals Transcript If you have ever traveled in Europe, odds are you have visited at least one major cathedral. These massive religious buildings were and still […]
Episode – 0221 : Domus Aurea
Episode – 0221 : Domus Aurea Transcript Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as just Nero, was not the best of Roman Emperors. In fact, on most lists […]